Description
Pencil signed limited edition print of Twin Bouquets by Patricia (Pat) Buckley Moss, also known as P. Buckley Moss. Moss is an American artist and was born on May 20, 1933, in Richmond County (Staten Island Borough) of New York City. Raised on Staten Island, she was the second of three children of an Irish American-Sicilian marriage. She lives in Virginia.
In 1964, Jack Moss’ work took the family to Waynesboro, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley. Patricia Moss appreciated the rural scenery and began portraying it in her art. She was particularly drawn to the Amish and Mennonite people who farmed in the countryside and has portrayed their figures in iconic ways. In 1967 she had a one-person museum exhibition that promptly sold out, after which Moss started to market her work more seriously. Her work subsequently received acclaim.
Referred to in 1988 as “The People’s Artist,” by journalist Charles Kuralt, Moss opened the P. Buckley Moss Museum in Waynesboro the following year. Since opening in 1989, the facility has grown to attract roughly 45,000 visitors annually. Kuralt’s moniker is often used in the museum’s marketing as in her artwork. Today, artwork that Moss signs as P. Buckley Moss is represented in galleries.
